Nicholas Le Poidevin KC

Nicholas Le Poidevin KC specialises in trusts and estates work, both contentious and advisory. He has appeared in significant cases in England at the highest level in both areas of practice, Crociani v Crociani (2014: trust jurisdiction clauses) in the Privy Council and Marley v Rawlings (2014: switched wills) in the Supreme Court. Over half of his work comes from overseas, especially Jersey and Guernsey, and he also appears in courts abroad. He is familiar with the trust laws of most of the offshore jurisdictions. A particular interest is the conflict of laws and the problems it causes in both trust and estate administration.

He is an editor of the leading practitioners’ textbook, Lewin on Trusts, and is a frequent speaker at conferences.

His practice extends also to property law, company law and insolvency, either in their own right or in connection with trusts and estates.

Called to the Bar: 1975; Silk: 2010.

Professional Appointments:

Head of New Square Chambers (2014 - 2015, 2020 to date)

Bencher of Lincoln's Inn

Commons Commissioner

The International Academy of Estate & Trust Law

Deputy Chair, STEP Contentious Trusts & Estates Special Interest Group

The Chancery Bar Association

Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Association

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

Professional Negligence Bar association

For many years he has been an editor of Lewin on Trusts (20th ed., 2020) and has written in detail elsewhere about sham trusts; writing and practice inform each other. He is often asked for contributions at conferences, for example speaking on trust investment at the first STEP Global Congress in Miami in November 2014.